The two don't mix.
I also have FOUR boys!!! I need easy to access cleaning wipes in EVERY bathroom I have.
I saw this jar at Hobby Lobby and loved it, but exercised discipline and refrained from buying it.
Discipline really is an exercise, isn't it.
Anyway, here's the jar:
I was pulling out of the parking lot thinking about it and trying to think of any reason, ahem...excuse, to go back and get it. What could I store in it? Anything really, flour, sugar, popcorn kernels (yes, I have that much unpopped popcorn in my house)
And then it hit me! A thought so spectacular it could only be described as: divine! I thought about making my own cleaning wipes and storing it in that awesome, gallon sized Ball jar!!
Here's how I executed this ingenius plan:
Hobby Lobby has this jar for sale at $29.99. About every other week it goes on sale for 1/2 off...making it....err...(i hate math)...$14.98.
But today I found the same jar at Wal-Mart for $13.74! Score!!
I wandered over to the cleaning aisle (took me awhile to find it, as I rarely shop there) and picked up some Mr. Clean Febreze scented delight for $2.97. I actually like the Gain scent better (see below).
At home I dug a roll of paper towels out of my utility closet (I buy them in bulk at Sam's Club. They are sturdy and wonderful).
I maneuvered the cardboard roll out of the center. This was a tad bit tricky, I would go into great detail about how I did it, but in the end it didn't matter. Even without it's center cardboard the paper towels wouldn't fit into the jar.
So I unrolled the WHOLE thing!
I thought, "This would be a good job for my boys..."
Then I began feeding the towels through the mouth of the jar. I thought about rolling it back up, but decided against it. I am much too impatient to REroll an entire roll of paper towels!
So I fed it through, and through and through, until the towels had filled the jar.
Then I took a break, had a few sips of coffee, and concocted my cleaning solution.
The instructions on the cleaner say to add 1/4 a cup to 1 gallon water, but I went a little overboard and went with 1 cup cleaner to 1 gallon water.
Four boys, remember? These wipes are for around the potty, I need some serious clean.
In a gallon pitcher:
1 cup cleaner
fill the rest with water! simple!
Pour solution over towels. They, naturally, compress down with the liquid, so feed more towels through, as much as you can, then pour more cleaner over them, then feed, then pour. You get the picture, I'm sure.
In the end I had poured 1 and 1/2 gallon into my 1 gallon Ball jar. On second thought 1 gallon would probably have been enough, but the towels absorbed the fluid and I figured they'd dry out over time. Adjust as you see fit.
I am so excited about these!! I plan on getting a jar for each bathroom!
UPDATE:
I maneuvered the cardboard roll out of the center. This was a tad bit tricky, I would go into great detail about how I did it, but in the end it didn't matter. Even without it's center cardboard the paper towels wouldn't fit into the jar.
So I unrolled the WHOLE thing!
I thought, "This would be a good job for my boys..."
Then I began feeding the towels through the mouth of the jar. I thought about rolling it back up, but decided against it. I am much too impatient to REroll an entire roll of paper towels!
So I fed it through, and through and through, until the towels had filled the jar.
Then I took a break, had a few sips of coffee, and concocted my cleaning solution.
The instructions on the cleaner say to add 1/4 a cup to 1 gallon water, but I went a little overboard and went with 1 cup cleaner to 1 gallon water.
Four boys, remember? These wipes are for around the potty, I need some serious clean.
In a gallon pitcher:
1 cup cleaner
fill the rest with water! simple!
Pour solution over towels. They, naturally, compress down with the liquid, so feed more towels through, as much as you can, then pour more cleaner over them, then feed, then pour. You get the picture, I'm sure.
In the end I had poured 1 and 1/2 gallon into my 1 gallon Ball jar. On second thought 1 gallon would probably have been enough, but the towels absorbed the fluid and I figured they'd dry out over time. Adjust as you see fit.
I am so excited about these!! I plan on getting a jar for each bathroom!
UPDATE:
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